| Deposit ID | 10010592 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D004388 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 490010277 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sunday Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Pluto, West Slope, Neptune Claims |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.566, 38.396 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2179 |
| Location accuracy | 50(meters) |
| Relative position | 2 MILES SW OF POLE MTN. One adit, 3 shafts shown and labeled on topo as "Sunday Mine" Coordinates are for the adit which is in the middle of the triangle of 3 shafts. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pole Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Fishlake National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 028S | 006W | 6 | SE of SE of SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Uranium | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Mt Belknap Rhyolite |
| Rock description | Mt Belknap Rhyolite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Main Entrance (1) | -112.566, 38.396 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nne Striking Fracture Hosting A Quartz Vein, N-S Striking, Arcuate Normal Fault |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | Marysvale Volcanic Field, Pioche-Marysvale Mineral Belt |
| General form | FLAT-"TABLE LIKE" |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 152.4M |
| Width | 152.4M |
| Depth to bottom | 76.2M |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Newton District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gillies, Jay |
| Year | 1979 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 76.2M |
| Overall depth | 76.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D004388 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 490010277 | = 10130226, merged and deleted. |
CUNNINGHAM, C.G., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1980, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BEAVER NE QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: U.S. GEOL. -SURVEY MAP MF-1191
ELEVATORSKI, A.E., 1982, VOLCANOGENIC GOLD DEPOSITS:MINOBRAS PUBLICATION, AVAILABLE FROM MINOBRAS, P.O. BOX 262, D-ANA POINT, CA, 92629
UGMS ECON FILES 1979 CRIB 1-BEAVER-13
EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1979-07-01 | Everts, Michael L. | Bureau of Land Management | |
| Updater | 1985-07-01 | Shubat, Michael A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 2011-11-07 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | Merged and deleted duplicate record 10130226. Changed uranium from a major to secondary commodity. This was a formerly producing gold mine, never a uranium mine. |
| Reporter | 1983-11-18 | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey | MAS 0490010277 = 10130226 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.